Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-21
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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New locals-E.q McGinley's Vendue, Enter
tsinment at Prospect.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Town lots in sa1onburg are beginning tC
change hands.
The s. & A. z. R., will have new time
table Monday.
The buckwheat and corn crops of this
county exceed expectations.
The winter railroad schedules will soon
BE- ready.
Charley Hazleit has returned from a
lengthy scjourn in Georgia, where he has
some mining interests.
The Supreme Court has refused TO inter-
fere in the case of ID. l. King of Clarion Co.,
convicted Of murder in the first degree.
A large number of French and Belgians
have lately found their way to Tarentum,
and few OF them have located in Butler.
Harry GREY and d. L. Cleeland have the
highest bicycles in town-54 inches, and
Cleeland's boy has the smalles 30 inches
The County Commissio ners are planting
shade trees-maples and mountain ash-ln
Diamond Park.
The residence of Albert Gillespie, East
Brady, was destroyed By fire On Monday
night last.
The large barn Of Mr.. Adam Bame of
Lancaster twp, with all its contents was de-
ktroyed by fire last Monday night.
John w. Cornell, has opened what will
be known as the Diamond Shaving Parlor in
the basement Of the new Schenck building.
Adams & Co.'S glass works on the South
Side, Pittsbarg, were destroyed by FIRE last
Monday afternoon.
New Castle. after shut-off of 80 days,
has had natural gas restored T. her people
They nov receive the gas fron Beaver III
stead OF Butler county,
An unusual number OF marriage licenses
have been granted By Clerk McElvain during
the past week, and with one exception the
Iar,ies could all write their names.
Mr.. Stephen Stewart of Foxburg, a
brakeman on the P. Il w. Z. r., was thrown
from box-esr as il was passing over tres
tie, lately, and received injuries that caused
his death.
Motto for the Personal Liberty League:
''s''s.
ssDown with the Christian Sabbath"
-Team;ng in the Jefferson Centre field
seems to be a risky business. Two teamsters
have lately had to shoot good horses on ac-
count Of their breaking their legs.
John Weir who left New Castle last DC.
t,bsr for Pittsburg ard Butler has not been
heard from since, and his family is in dis
fress.
While james Graham of this place was
telling tree on Thorn Creek, last Saturday,
large brancc struck him across the shoulder
and broke mis- collar bone.
The Eitenmiller House has been painted
red-the fashionable color-and the interior
is being decorated in highly artistic man
ner. Mr. Eitenmiiier proposes making his
hotel one of the best in this part Of the State.
We refer our country readers to the card
of the Country Gentleman, the best agricul.
tural weekly published in the country
and we will receive and forward
subscriptions for it.
For an example Of Jefersonian simple
readers 10 the action of the Chairman of the
Democratic County Committee, as set forth
in the item headed Interesting reading from
the Herald"
The casting department Of the Plate
Glass Works IL not running at present on ac'
count Of the collapse Of the arches over the
furnaces, caused by poor material or poor
workmanship.
n few days ago a man called at the Pro-
thonotary's office In New Castle and obtained
q marriage license. Subsequently he re-
turned and handed back the license. The
lady had backed out She was SO years old
and didn't want 10 do any repenting.
The remains OF VIM. Trax, who died at
Centreville, two years ago, were removed to
New Castle cemetery last Friday. The
casket was opened and tina body was found to
be in a perfect state of preservation.
Counterfeit postal notes are in circula.
ton, and inatructions have been received from
the superintendent OF the postal system at
Washington cautioning the postmasters Of
every money order Office to make themselves
familiar with the appearance of the postal
note.
The Water Co. intends running six
inch pipe up Centre Ave, in Springdale and
will cross the creek just east Of the Opera
House. From Mexican st., at the Wylie 81.
crossing, east to the creek they expect to
have considerable blasting 10 do, 10 get the
pipe the proper depth under ground. A six
inch pipe Is worth $1.50 q foot In the ground.
The barn Of James Redd on the mckinley
farm in Donegal twp, was discovered - be
on FIRE early lsst Friday morning. Efforts to
extinguish the flames failed, aad the barn
with all its contents excepting the live stock
and some farming implements vas destroyed.
The barn was new and valuable one and
was partially insured.
Little Nellie Hutton, grand daughter Of
Mr.. Ralst0n, Of Harmony, died on Friday az.
ternoon Of malignant diphtheria. The dis
ease prevails To an alarming extent in New
Castle, where Mrs. Shira, q daughter Of Mrs.
Ralston resides, who has lost four ont Of
seven children with this dreaded gcourge.
The grandma carried the diXease from New
Castle, whittier she went to assist her daugh-
ter in caring for her little ones.--News.
"A new postal law has just gone into ef.
feet which considerably curtaiIs the priyil-
eyes heretofore enjoyed by merchants and
others in sending out fourth.class mail mat.
ter. IL Is 10 the effect that all fourth class
matter must hereafter bear only the name
and address Of the sender in al lition, OF
coune, to the address TO which IL is sent
Heretofore senders have been allowed to put
tags or business cards on, detailing their
business, or naming the samples contained in
the packages. This must be stopped under
the new law.
Gas Explosion In Pittsburg.
The Patterson Block, at the corner OF